Jeff and Rebecca talk about the big ACOTAR update, Audible dropping the price on its standard product, market trends, recent reading, and much more.

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Discussed in this episode:

⁠Shout-out to this Aeon piece about how we’re thinking about the decline of literacy wrong⁠

⁠Sarah J. Maas announces next 2 ACOTAR books⁠

⁠Market trends from Circana’s report to booksellers⁠

⁠Audible has launched a Standard Membership Plan for $8.99/month⁠

⁠2026 Audie Award winners⁠

⁠Utah has banned 4 more books from public schools⁠

⁠Lee & Low pauses diversity baseline survey to focus on fighting book bans⁠

⁠First comprehensive report on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores⁠

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